Welcome back to Vancouver Island! Today I’d like to share a few of the mammals we saw on our recent trip. Bunnies may not be the most unique animal ever, but our second cottage seemed surrounded by them! We’d step out onto the deck (or drive in late in the day) and find the little […]

I’m delighted to share some photos of Western Canada with you over the next few weeks in our Sunday Editions! My husband and I recently took a trip to the Pacific coast, where we spent a few days on Saltspring Island and then a few days on Vancouver Island. Today’s photos are from Saltspring, which […]

Well, here we are at the end of May. It really feels like the days just zip on past right now. It’s a busy time of year, and I know that adds on to the feeling somewhat. We’ve basically reached the end of our homeschool year — my eldest still has a little of his […]

Do you have peonies? Have they bloomed yet? I have one little peony plant that managed to hang on to life despite my black thumbs, and I’ve enjoyed their huge snowball blooms this past week. The only sad thing about peonies is how short-lived their blooms are. At least at my house, they seem to […]

Happy Mother’s Day! (If it’s Mother’s Day where you are, of course. Here in the U.S. it is. On the other hand, it’s never wrong to be grateful for mom.) We don’t tend to do a lot of Mother’s Day celebrating in my family. After 13 years of infertility, where the day was like pouring […]

Can you believe it’s May? I’m still wrapping my mind around it, and we’re already a week in. This year seems to be zipping past. Or I’m getting old. (If that’s the case, please don’t tell me.) We spent the past week doing our state-required standardized testing. That’s always a joyful time around the house, […]